Movies like PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice (2019)
The best movies like PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice (2019) are K-9: P.I. (2002), The Naked Gun (2025) and Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020). If PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKind Hearts and Coronets (1949)7.6/10 from 639 votes
- NewestMuzzle: City of Wolves (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseDetective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)Also in Japanese
K-9: P.I. (2002)
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Naked Gun (2025)
Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the supernatural.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPride and Glory (2008)
A saga centered on the Tierneys, a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDetective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like this22 Jump Street (2014)
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelly (1998)
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (2020)
Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, locking down the building and kidnapping Inspector Arata Shindo. Azusawa demands that governor Karina Komiya resign from her position.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBatman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMuzzle: City of Wolves (2025)
LAPD officer Jake Rosser endeavors to lead a peaceful life with his family and retired K-9 officer, Socks. However, tranquility dissolves into chaos when a gang targets them in a brutal attack. Alongside his new K-9 partner Argos, Jake launches into a relentless pursuit of justice, determined to protect his loved ones.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaphne & Velma (2018)
Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright and optimistic Daphne and whip-smart and analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online - until now. Daphne has just transferred to Velma's school, Ridge Valley High, an incredible tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school's benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear - only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCHiPs (2017)
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian (2019)
2112; the summer before Akane Tsunemori was assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Teppei Sugo, an accomplished pilot of the Defense Army's 15th Integrated Task Force, joins the military operation in Okinawa. Three months later, an unmanned combat drone opens fire on the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka of CID Division One is dispatched to Sugo's military base to investigate the truth behind this case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Happytime Murders (2018)
In a world where humans coexist with puppets—who are seen as lesser citizens—cast members of a beloved 1990s children's television series begin getting murdered one by one. Puppet Phil Philips, an ex-LAPD detective-turned-private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisRide Along 2 (2016)
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSiberian Education (2013)
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho-Pass: Providence (2023)
While attending a meeting as a Chief Inspector of the Public Security Bureau, Akane Tsunemori received a report that an incident had occurred on a foreign vessel , and this was the beginning of a big and unexpected case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTurner & Hooch (1989)
Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExplorers (2017)
Explorers is a idealistic look at the future of space travel, seen from the perspective of those who dare to venture into the unknown.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMaking of Cutie Honey (2004)
Behind the scenes of the 2004 film "Cutie Honey". Extra on Blu-ray Box.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Casino Royale (2006)
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Legend of Jiang Ziya (2019)
Ruyi village people burned the forest and the fields, exhausted and fished, and the river god was sent to punish. I don’t know the Jiangzi tooth in the house, I mistakenly thought that the river god privately slaughtered the people, so he suppressed it and accidentally injured the villagers during the battle. Unexpectedly, this was in violation of the immortal rules. Jiang Ziya was punished for being bombarded by Tianlei for fifteen days.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie (2015)
In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDinner with Holly (2014)
A young couple plans to spice up their love life when their friend, Holly, comes over for dinner.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Down To Earth (2021)
Three young misfits venture into the Australian outback to find what they believe is a meteorite that has crash landed near their country town, only to discover it's something far more mysterious.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeadhunters (2011)
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice?
The closest matches to PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice are K-9: P.I. (2002), The Naked Gun (2025) and Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice?
Start with K-9: P.I. (2002), the closest match to PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice.
What is the highest-rated movie like PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice?
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), rated 7.6/10 by 639 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice?
Muzzle: City of Wolves (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice?
Yes: Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009), Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (2020) and Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian (2019).
How are movies similar to PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.